Quote:There have been many more inaccurate, wobbling passes from Bortles this season than there have been "perfectly clockwise, rapidly spinning spirals" from him.


There have also been drops by all receivers this year, but they were making thise catches last season.


There is PLENTY of blame to go around. Bortles' share of the blame this year is pretty substantial, but he's not alone in it.

 

I agree - and it starts with the coaching staff. It's their responsibility to train these players up when they come into the league and it's also their responsibility to help them maintain a high level of play. Bradley has failed on all counts and now Bortles has become highly inconsistent because of his incompetence. Bradley is on his 3rd OC in 4 years - that alone is going to cause major issues for ANY offense. What's worse is that the two OCs weren't fired because their styles didn't match the type of players we had, they were fired because they weren't fit to actually be OCs - position coach is as high as they should've gone. Bradley himself makes a good DC, but he just isn't cut out to be HC because he doesn't manage his staff well.

 

The people who think that getting another QB is the solution aren't seeing the big picture. It doesn't matter who the Jags draft or sign at QB - if the coaching staff doesn't do their job, the QB is going to look average at absolute best (if it were someone like Tom Brady or Russell Wilson) or terrible at worst (if it's just about everyone else). Gabbert was an exception to this rule because he had issues that simply can't be fixed (bad pocket presence) - even great coaching MAYBE would've only resulted in a decent QB in Gabbert - that team would require someone else to be the centerpiece of their offense. At least with Bortles, nearly all of his issues are fixable with a good coaching staff in place (although he may still average about 13-16 INTs a season, but that's the price that comes with gunslinger QBs).

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